I was the only bike to leave from Marshall, IL at 5:00 when it was dark and in the mid 20s. However, we had other PGR members and the soldiers family in the convoy. Following behind an Illinois State Trooper with lights flashing in total darkness was not a good experience. At the Indiana line we picked up two more bikes and another PGR escort vehicle.
When the Indiana State Police took over we moved to the passing lane and proceeded to cross Indiana at 77 mph according to my GPS. On the other side of Indianapolis we made a stop and were met by 15 to 20 other Indiana riders who were standing along the road and saluted our fallen hero.
When we started again all the bikes joined in and we proceeded to Richmond, In where we stopped again and were met by a group of riders from Ohio. The Ohio riders took over the escort and I and another rider went with them as far as the welcome center in Ohio.
I had the honor of standing in the flag line with the author, Gerald, when we met the soldier at the airport. He has three videos with this article. The first you see with the link is of the incident just before the convoy reaches Lima, Oh. Another was taken when the soldier reached the funeral home when we came from the airport. The last one seems to have been taken just before we reached Indy as the sun was rising. You can see the three bikes ahead of his vehicle.
I am hopeful that some of you may be able to help us find the people responsible for this outrage.
Was Westboro Baptist Church protesting the funeral?
This is just reprehensible! I hope someone got the tag numbers of these cretins.
I will bet money it was Phelps and his nutbar gang.
I hope that we find this worthless POS! How insulting to this warrior’s family that someone would do this!
Sorry to hear about this....we wish the family peace and comfort in their grief. God knows all and justice will prevail...
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Outrage does not adequately describe what I feel about it.
This seems to be assault with at deadly weapon.
More peaceniks protesting the war with violence.
And I aint exaggerating.
I saw Taking Chase last night on HBO. Excellent.
God Bless the PGR and their mission.
It is a great shane to this country that we have citizens like this.
My prayers go out to this heros family.
My thanks to our fallen hero.
And thank you ghost riders for the service you are providing to the families of the fallen.
May GOD bless and keep everyone of you.
"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth… … and touched the face of God".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WDrbbtaO0E
May you be apprehended, tried for reckless endangerment and sent to jail where the hacks are all former MPs. If it happens, let us know how that works out for you. WTF is tha matter with people?
How dare people do this to families of loved ones who gave their lives in support to their country!
They spoted the State police and and drove off? How did they get away?
I would have sacrificed my Dodge Ram and made damn sure at least one of the vehicles was not able to leave the scene.
EXTREEM WTF ! ! !
I’m sorry to hear of this. My wife and I watched Taking Chance on Saturday night, and as I watched I wondered if something like this might take place because of the elevated awareness.
This is what the left has stooped to. People of good will need to take a hard look at this. If this is the type of nation we’re tuning into, it’s not going to serve them well any more than it will us.
Behavior of this level is exercised across the board, whenever the whim hits a person. That is a dangerous situation, something adults should try to avoid any way they can.
This truly is a very dangerous indicator of things to come, if folks don’t wake the hell up.
Could these douchebags possibly have been Muzzies on the way to enemy HQ in the Detroit area? Stumbling across a military funeral would have the rock worshippers peeing their pants.
Is there any actual evidence that this was anything but some random idiot drivers annoyed at slow moving traffic? If it was as bad as is being made out here, I’m having a hard time believing that with the convoy having at least one Ohio State Police escort, heavy back-up wasn’t quickly summoned to intercept the perps.